AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition
- Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
- Around 7% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 797 MHz
- 2.5x more texture fill rate: 108.8 GTexel / s vs 43.4 GTexel / s
- 3.2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 640
- 2.5x better floating-point performance: 3,482 gflops vs 1,389 gflops
- 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
- 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 71.778 vs 22.828
- 6.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1285.141 vs 210.585
- Around 70% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.839 vs 3.427
- 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 75.347 vs 28.662
- Around 98% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 321.767 vs 162.83
- 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7037 vs 3340
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 23 November 2014 vs 10 March 2014 |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz vs 797 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 108.8 GTexel / s vs 43.4 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 2048 vs 640 |
| Floating-point performance | 3,482 gflops vs 1,389 gflops |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 2 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 71.778 vs 22.828 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1285.141 vs 210.585 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 5.839 vs 3.427 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 75.347 vs 28.662 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 321.767 vs 162.83 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 7037 vs 3340 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
- 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 250 Watt
- Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 2852
- 80.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 46
- 26.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3340 vs 125.7
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt vs 250 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3684 vs 2852 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3684 vs 46 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3340 vs 125.7 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) |
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| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) |
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| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) |
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| Name | AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M |
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| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 71.778 | 22.828 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1285.141 | 210.585 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 5.839 | 3.427 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 75.347 | 28.662 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 321.767 | 162.83 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2852 | 3684 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 46 | 3684 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 7037 | 3340 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 125.7 | 3340 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3048 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 225 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 10394 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 4938 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 4938 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1151 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 3.0 | Kepler |
| Code name | Amethyst | GK104 |
| Launch date | 23 November 2014 | 10 March 2014 |
| Place in performance rating | 899 | 900 |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 797 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 3,482 gflops | 1,389 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 2048 | 640 |
| Texture fill rate | 108.8 GTexel / s | 43.4 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 250 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5,000 million | 3,540 million |
| Boost clock speed | 915 MHz | |
| CUDA cores | 1152 or 640 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
| 7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI | ||
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | Up to 3840x2160 | |
| eDP 1.2 signal support | Up to 3840x2160 | |
| HDCP content protection | ||
| HDMI | ||
| LVDS signal support | Up to 1920x1200 | |
| TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming | ||
| VGA аnalog display support | Up to 2048x1536 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Bus support | PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Laptop size | medium sized | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_0) | 12.0 (11_0) |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 174.3 GB / s | 80.0 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 5448 MHz | |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
| Standard memory configuration | GDDR5 | |
Technologies |
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| 3D Blu-Ray | ||
| Adaptive VSync | ||
| Ansel | ||
| BatteryBoost | ||
| CUDA | ||
| Direct Compute | ||
| FXAA | ||
| GeForce Experience | ||
| GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
| GPU Boost | ||
| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
| Optimus | ||
| SLI | ||
| TXAA | ||
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